Meniny vs Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meniny
This app helps you track name days for yourself and your contacts. It offers daily notifications, a search function, and displays national holidays. You can also view names by day or in a list format, and it supports different countries.
- Name day tracking
- Contact synchronization
- Daily notifications
- Search name days
- Holiday and national day listings
- Multi-country support
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Easily see who has a name day today and in the future. You can set the calendar view to portray names either per day or glance more days at once using a list view. Get notifications daily of each name or select ones you care about the most. A search feature allows you to look up when a name is having their name day. You can sync your contacts so you know when your loved ones are celebrating. When your contact is celebrating, you have direct access to congratulate them. In addition to seeing only names, Meniny now showcases holidays and important national days. This app supports different country name days. Terms of Service: https://meniny-nameday.com/terms
Smart
Control your Christmas lights with custom modes and timing features. Connect your light strings via Bluetooth for a personalized holiday display.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Customizable light modes
- Timing functions
- Control light strings
- Personalized holiday display
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A customized App for controlling Christmas lights, which can be connected to the device via bluetooth to control the light strings to flash in different modes, can also be used to add timing to the device.
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Verdict
Meniny and Smart both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Meniny's written reviews are positive against 25% of Smart's. Meniny also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). Smart's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Meniny sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Smart asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Meniny against 5.0 for Smart. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meniny has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Meniny's written reviews are positive against 25% of Smart's.
Meniny ships an update every 6 weeks, Smart every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meniny | Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Kumor | Changzhou Jutai Electronic Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Meniny
Smart
In-app purchases
Meniny
- Meniny Pro+ 1 month$0.991 Month
- Meniny pro+ 1 month$0.991 Month
- Meniny Pro 1 mesiac$1.991 Month
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- Meniny pro+ 1 year$3.991 Year
- Meniny Pro+ 1 Year$4.991 Year
- Meniny pro$1.99
- Meniny Pro$2.99
- Meniny Pro$5.99
Smart
No in-app purchases
